# The Nobel Prize in Literature winners of the 1950s

The writers awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1950 to 1959, from Bertrand Russell to Salvatore Quasimodo.

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- Dec 17, 2025 · gdanskbookworm
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## Top 10

1. **Bertrand Russell** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — United Kingdom, 1950. Philosopher and essayist.
2. **Pär Lagerkvist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweden, 1951. Barabbas.
3. **François Mauriac** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — France, 1952. The Knot of Vipers.
4. **Winston Churchill** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — United Kingdom, 1953. For his historical writing and oratory.
5. **Ernest Hemingway** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — United States, 1954. The Old Man and the Sea.
6. **Halldór Laxness** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Iceland, 1955. Independent People.
7. **Juan Ramón Jiménez** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spain, 1956. Platero and I.
8. **Albert Camus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — France, 1957. The Stranger and The Plague.
9. **Boris Pasternak** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — USSR, 1958. Doctor Zhivago; the authorities forced him to decline.
10. **Salvatore Quasimodo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Italy, 1959. A poet of Hermeticism.

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